Shipping-package



R. 1. DECY. v

SHIPPING PACKAGE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 18, 1920.

1,388,804. Patented Aug. 23, 192 1.

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UNITED STATES RICHARD J. DECY, OFJERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

smrrme-racimen Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 23, 1921.

Application filed September 18, 1920. Serial No. 411,288.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, RICHARD J. DECY, acitizen of the United States of America, residing at Jersey City, New.Jersey, have mvented a new and useful Shipping-Package, of which thefollowing is a specification.

y invention relates particularly to a package or container intended forshlpplng ice cream.

The main object is to provide a construction which can be made at areasonable cost, which will have a maximum of strength with a minimumweight, and be capable of maintaining the contents at a low temperaturefor a considerable period of time.

reat quantities of ice cream are shipped from the manufacturer todealers, and 1t is necessary to maintain this cream in a solid,

frozencondition for many hours. It has been customary to pack the icecream cans The exthis way pense of preparing the package in the brine 1sconsiderable, and, furthermore,

,- leaking from these containers frequently tact.

damages articles with which it comes in con- Furthermore, the weight ofthe ice and salt materially adds to the shipping charges. The method atpresent employed in shipping ice cream produces a bulky package, usuallyheaped up with ice and salt. and covered with burlap, so that it Isdifficult, if not impossible, to stack the packages one on top oftheother.

To overcome these disadvantages I have designed a container which willbe hereinafter described in its preferred form.

The drawing shows a side view and partial vertical section of aconstruction embodying the improvements of my invention.

Preferably the outer part of the container or tub has a wooden bottom 1and side wall 2, preferably formed of wooden staves, bound together withhoops, such as 3.

Inside is an auxiliary bottom 4, preferably of wood, supported above thebottom 1, and the space between the two bottoms is filled with somesuitable insulating material, such as cork 5.

Inside is another wall 6, preferably of metal, supported on the bottom 4and spaced apart from the outer wall. The space between the two verticalwalls is preferably filled with insulating material, such as cork Thewall 6 may be fastened by a cleat 6.

The upper end of the wall 6 is preferably flanged over onto a collar 8,which may be to be sanitary formed of wood and inserted between thewalls 6 and 2. The bottom 4 and the collar 8 are preferably of materialwhich has a low coefiicient of conductivity, and they are suitably heldin place, for instance, by nails or screws such as 9 and 10.

A gasket 11 is preferably provided in a groove in the upper surface ofthe collar 8. This gasket is preferably in the form of a yielding tubeof rubber. The inner portion of the container is provided with a cover12, which fits into the mouth of the wall 6 and has a flange which restson the gasket 11 so as to provide an air-tight joint.

The ice cream is preferably contained in a can 13 of the usual type,having a cover 14.

The shipping containeris provided with a cover having an outer wall 15and an inner wall 16 with a space between, which is preferably filledwith insulating material, such as 17. The inner part of the cover fitsinside the upper edge of the tub, and an outer flange 18 fits outsidethe upper edge. To hold the cover in place I may provide a plurality offastening devices, each of which has a hinged or swinging member 19,

slotted at its lower end to receive an eyebolt that the fastening member19 may be released.

For additional insulating purposes a layer or disk 21 of insulatingmaterial, such as felt or hair, may be interposed between the inner andouter covers of the shipping container. If desired, one or more springclips, such as 22, may be interposed between the ice cream can 13 andthe inner wall of the container, to prevent the can from shifting.Ordinarily, however, the ice cream can will fit rathersnugly inside ofthe inner wall of the container.

The shipping container is preferably vided with one ormore handles, suchas 23, for convenience in moving the container.

This invention has been tested and found and to maintain the contents111 good condition for many hours without the use of ice or salt. Thestructure is sufficiently rugged to withstand hard usage intransportation for a long time. As the package is flat on the top aswell as on the bottom, it is possible to stack such packages and thus.take up a minimum of space.

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The insulating material in this construction is much lighter than theamount of ice and salt which would be necessary in an ordinary package,so that my package may be shipped much more cheaply than the usualconstruction.

I claim:

1. A shipping package for ice cream, et'c., comprising a tub havinginner and outer walls with insulating material between said walls, aninner cover and gasket for hermetically sealing the inner wall, and aninsulating cover fitting the upper edge of the outer wall.

2. A shipping container for ice cream, etc., comprising a tub formed ofwood and having bottom and a side wall, an interior bottom, insulatingmaterialbetween the said inner bottom and the bottom of the tub, aninner wall, insulating material between the inner wall and the side wallof the tub, an insulating collar, a cover fitting said collar and theinner wall, and an outer cover fit- 3. A shipping container comprisingan outer Wooden tub, an inner metallic lining rigidly secured therein,insulating material between said tub and said lining, a tight cover forsaid lining, a flat cover'for said. tub, and insulating material betweensaid covers.

4. A shipping container comprising an outer tub, an inner lining, aninsulating bottom for supporting said lining, an insulating collarsupporting the upper end of said lining, insulating material betweensaid lining and said tub, a cover for said lining, and a cover for saidtub including insulate ing material.

5. An iceless container comprising a tub, a lining, a wooden collarsupporting the up per edge of the lining, insulating material betweensaid tub and said lining, and an air-tight insulating cover for saidtub.

RICHARD J. DEGY.

